“Jackson and his wife, Sandra ‘Sandi’ Stevens Jackson, both entered guilty pleas in February to appropriating about $750,000 from campaign funds to pay for private school tuition for their children, trips to Costco, expensive clothes and a gold-plated Rolex watch. Jackson was emotional Wednesday morning as he addressed U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson (no relation).”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/14/jesse-jackson-jr-sentenced-to-30-months-in-federal-prison/
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